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Lisa Cinelli works in a studio filled with paints, brushes, easels, books, and sketchbooks. She loves to paint in oils, gouache, and brush and ink.

Lisa Cinelli is a painter, children's book author/illustrator and Teaching Artist. She has an MA in Illustration from Syracuse University and a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Since 1994, Lisa has taught Children's Book Illustration at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She also teaches at Lake Forest College, the North Shore Art League and Marwen Institute. Lisa travels to schools, conferences and libraries to lead hands on art making workshops weaving together the words and pictures of a story. She teaches private classes in Children's Book Illustration, preparation of a picture book dummy, organization of a picture book portfolio, and painting and drawing. Studio visits can be arranged by appointment to view artwork, commission a portrait, or for consultation on upcoming projects.

Her clients include:

• Holiday House
• Bebop Books
• Harcourt Brace Publishers
• Cricket Magazine Group
• The Little Lutheran
• Scott, Foresman Publishers
• David C. Cook Publishing Company
• World Book Publishers
• Enesco
• Nystrom
• Baxter Travenol
• "Children's Magic Window Magazine"

Lisa Cinelli is a member of:

• Society of Illustrators, New York
• CBIG, The Children's Book Illustrators Group, New York
• The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
• SCBWI-Illinois
• PictureBookArtists.org

She won the 1999 Don Freeman Memorial Grant-in-aid for Illustration.

Contact: lisacinelli@gmail.com | 847-433-4287

Other Links:
PictureBookArtists.org
SCBWI Illinois
Children's Book Illustrators Group
School of the Art Institute of Chicago